As a retired Respiratory Therapist, I worked burn trauma for 12 years. Treatment is so much more complicated when there is other medical physical trauma on top of the burn. He is correct in that the smell of a burn is something one never gets over. What an amazing man to be so positive. Bless you.
@Axelsman - First, my Grandfather's name was Axel. Second, when I was in High School, I was looking out the window in French class and literally watched a man on an Electric poll get fried to death. I was in a building and could SMELL the burnt flesh. I'll never forget that as long as I live.
I am so sorry that happened! That must have been so painful and terrifying. If a Ranger ever tells me, “maybe you should reconsider,” I would definitely reconsider, but then again, I have a family member who was struck by lightning and did not survive.
What a sweet man. My aunt and uncle were hiking together on the Appalachian Trail when they were struck by lightning. Ironically, blew the boots off their feet and threw them on opposite sides of the trail. They were both doctors and sort of self examined themselves (Drs. Doug and Ann Poindexter) and determined themselves to have been unconscious for a time, but otherwise OK.
I`ve been knocked unconscious by lightning twice. I was also shocked indoors when it hit a TV antenna connected to an FM radio and it came off the radio and hit my arm.
@@baneverything5580I read that comment when the guy said "Maybe if you don't get outside and just watch TV" I guess he meant you wonn't get stuck by lightning but you just did. XD
@@Marquise1 Yes, those old tall TV antennas would draw lightning inside. I`m hoping the big steel framed metal roof over my camper trailer keeps lightning outside. It has been hit several times already and it`s very loud and scary. I thought I would be safe from getting struck because I`m in a very low area between tall hills that have big trees on top but lightning has killed four trees 120 feet from my camper so far in the past year and it hits my roof all the time without warning. It will be raining with no thunder at all but the first bolt always hits my yard or my roof. It really worries me.
I've trained with the Colorado Mountain Club, and one of the top safety lessons is to NOT hike above treeline during the afternoon thunderstorms during the summer monsoon. Lightening danger is no joke, and people are killed each season. People who hike 14ners regularly start at 4am so that they can summit before noon and get the hell off that mountain before the afternoon storms come in. People just don't attend mountain schools anymore to get skilled up.
@@joanhall3718 He was close to treeline where the trees are shorter and less dense, and he was on an exposed section of the trail. The point is to not do these type of activities during the afternoon. Most experienced people stick to the mornings.
Wow, what a story. It makes me realize how lucky I was when I was indirectly hit by lighting while working on a barb wire fence in Oklahoma nearly 50 years ago. I was not injured but now I have a much better understanding of just how lucky I was. Thanks for sharing this experience.
Imagine getting struck by lightning and then thinking you found help hearing another person and then realizing the person is so $ttupid that they still think you're still electrified and they're not going to help you out of fear for themselves
@@Marquise1that’s if there is a live current above or near them I.e a power line (and pretty standard in work related electrocutions). This wouldn’t be the case for a lightning strike
@@Evebear I now won't be just another a-hole fearing to give assistance. Heard horor stories where construction boots soles melted and steel components just killed the owner by conducting raw current by the metal of the boots. Yikes yikes yikes
I worked at Rocky Mountain National Park for a couple years and could count on one hand the number of summer days when there wasn't a lightning storm and rain.
Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado. They were my playground (my dad was a big game outfitter/guide.). From the very moment we could understand we were taught how to respect nature with all of beauty and dangers. Thunderstorms roll in every afternoon. You expect them and respect them for their beauty and danger - just like every other part of the high country. Later, I became a flight nurse in the area - flew in and out those mountains daily. As beautiful as it is, it’s not the place for inexperienced hikers/hunters/climbers,…….etc. you’re so blessed to be alive.
Another story of survival on a hike that was that of Eduardo Garcia. I admire his work as a chef, and his will to live. This man is certainly fortunate to tell his story. Thank you for sharing this. 🥾🥾⛺️
Minko is so fortunate to have survived this strike. My little sister was struck by rogue bolt of lightning while we were vacationing at Bethany Beach in Delaware on August 14, 1974, 50 years ago this week. The lightning burnt a hole in her captain's hat, and blew her sneakers off her feet, and turned the sand to glass beneath her. My brother was knocked over and the lifeguard's metal whistle burned his chest even though the lifeguard was sitting up in his lifeguard chair and was several feet away. The doctor said she was quite dead. If you've ever read the young adult novel, "Bridge to Terabithia," by Katherine Paterson, then you may know my sister as her life and friendship with the author's son inspired the story.
So glad you're still alive. So many people get killed by lightning here in South Africa. I'm terrified of lightning storms, even when I'm inside during a storm. Where I've moved to they say it's like lightning alley. Had I known that I may not have moved here. The landlord had lightning come through a window, down the passage & out the door, just missed striking someone in the house.
❤❤ Ohhh my goodness, you have gone through so much & you are alive after soooh much pain & danger. I am very sorry.💝 I am very sorry that you have endured so much suffering❤ New South Wales, Australia
Some folks, when faced with an accident or emergency, have no tools to cope with said incident. Instead they shut down, ignore and pass by, and that is how they cope. Saw it a lot as a police officer.
From what it looked like in the video, emergency responders were already there and there was nothing that they could have done but sit and watch and be in the way. It made no sense for them to stay.
There are people who pass out almost immediately at the sight of blood or trauma. If this was the case of the woman who passed by she was being helpful in not becoming a second casualty of this dreadful incident. 🤔
@@sharonread7674that’s me, some of the time. I’ve stepped in by adrenaline (or something) when I’m the only person available, but as soon as someone else comes along to help, I’m out. Literally, unfortunately. My hubby is a medical professional and we are nigh and day different. He heads into trauma to help, and I become the trauma just by looking at it. 😢
When I was five, inside my grandparents house, lightning struck a utility pole about a 10th of a mile away, out in the country. The strike started two fires in the house, and I was reaching to turn on a light when the lightning struck. An arc of electricity came out of the lamp switch and into one of the knuckles of my hand, and Blew out all the skin on the back of my hand. This was nowhere near the severity of Minko’s injuries somebody at the next Farm down the road was talking on the telephone to a person in town 22 miles away and that person had their ear burned by the same bolt of lightning that struck me.yes I have PTSD and I do not like to be outside during electrical storms.
What an amazing video/story! What fortitude and grit! SO thankful for his survival, and how well he's managed to recover! I LOVE his attitude of wanting to make his life even BETTER, to appreciate survival! Lightning strikes on golf courses have been shown in videos of course, and in my own small semi-rural community, ONE farmer was struck by lightning while on a "tractor" or other farm equipment in the middle of a field, (survived) and a youth carrying a bag of metal bats while running for cover when a sudden storm hit during a ballgame, and suffered cardiac arrest, CPR administered etc.. Another time a car in a parking lot (again, my small community) was hit, and the people inside survived but had hearing issues for awhile from the noise and a chunk of asphalt was blown out of the parking lot from underneath a tire. We're not in what's usually considered a high risk area for such things, but nature sometimes has it's own plans!
@@-wm--they barely acknowledged him and their backpack was practically over his head. I’m certain they could have given him a little more personal space. I’m sure it wouldn’t bother you at all…
Wow, I hike in Yosemite and specifically Half Dome when the cables go down (because of lottery system). I am going to be super cautious hiking Half Dome because when the cables are down is also when there is increased probability of lightning strike. Also thank you Dan for bringing this topic into the consciousness of the backpacking community.
I used to work at a city airport and we had a special system to detect impending lightning strikes because it is common over airports because the overhead planes cause a build up of electricity, so strikes happen on a clear blue day. If the system detects a strike, the whole tarmac is evacuated. Our tarmac camera was unusable due to constant strikes.
Dan, what’s with all the recent videos that try to scare the bejesus out of everyone? Are you trying to scare people away from hiking so you get nature all to yourself? 🤣😎😮
Hey, I get it, I wanted to go to the rockys or Grand Canyon during Memorial Day. Only to see estimated number of visitors in the tens of thousands. I'd scare them too.
There are a lot of things the industry doesn’t want casual campers to know and they’re right about that - going out once or twice a year probably will never encounter a severe T-storm with no cover in sight, or a bear let alone an angry bear that’s going to charge (always carry bear spray) - for the rest of us ‘prosumer’ and above level campers, the reality of the 1-in-1,000 chance things happening is much greater and glad Dan is bringing more of these to our attention using the interview format where we can learn from others experiences - my takeaway from this video is that a lot is misunderstood about the chance of being hit by lightning depending on where you are, it’s 1-1,000,000 but that’s counting everyone in the general population including everyone who is safe inside their homes or cars and who have near 0% chance to be hit, if you’re outside even a few feet from relative safety your chance of being struck is greatly higher (think about it) - the other takeaway is that being hit by lightning doesn’t mean sudden painless ‘goodnight’, in many cases it means endless excruciating pain, surgeries, and long lasting health impacts and, new to me, possibly even loss of limb. Does this mean to never go outdoors, of course no, but this does mean plan ahead what to do if a sudden storm comes in overhead, also learn from others like the boating and golf industry, which has a long string of difficult related lightning stories, and to invest in good lightning detection (Accurite, etc.) and follow best practices, the NWS has published guidelines for where to move to and what to do (crouch low on tip-toes, get below tree line away from the tallest trees and not too near any tree, etc.) when a storm goes overhead. Someone, a scientist who goes out on extended research trips, is also working on some gear, a lightweight faraday-cage style tent, that would create a lightning safe shelter that could be popped-up in case of emergency, but it feels like the R&D and production for that is still a ways off!
👵Don't worry. . . They r transplanting grizzlys where they aren't normally seem. There will b more bear attacks unless Jesus intervenes sooner rather than later. What 2 expect is survival stories from the fire ball that hits the Parthenon in Nashville that was predicted over 100 years ago by a messager of God. . . wait for it. . . 😊🤗🙏
My nephew lives in the midwest and he's been struck by lightning. His wasn't a direct hit, he had his hand on a vehicle and it struck the vehicle and went through him. Knocked all 250 pounds of him flying and he landed on his keester hard. He had a minor burn inside his hand and was pretty shook but no lasting damage.
Dan, I think you have really struck gold with these last couple videos. I do wilderness medicine for CME, you should look up Lanny Johnson PA-C. He speaks at our conferences. He is an avalanche and alpine rescue expert. Dozens of fascinating stories.
I've hiked RMNP many times and totally know what it's like to see the daily 11 am lightning storm and be very very afraid. Thank God he was not hurt more! I have seen people on that one-wheel stretcher in another location; that's a good solution!
this guy got out lucky compared to the fishtory guy here on youtube. it blew all his teeth out and he has been mentally slow sometimes and bouts of not being fully there. but when he is there he has some really great information on how to raise fish in a planted tank in a natural way. great channel.
Honestly, stuff like this is why i prefer to keep a fullish first aid kit on me, never know what emergencies might happen. Not sure any kit can handle a lightning strike wounds, but a decent first aid kit would have some surface disinfectants you can use and maybe some analgesic you can use that might help with some pain
Being struck by lightening is very common on Colorado. You don't have to be in a storm for it to happen. Kinda frustrating with the lack of real information on how to stay safe and how dangerous it can be in Colorado.
@@Invalidationcoded I know someone who survived a stroke but their life has been massively impacted due to the psychological trauma outside of the pain. Very sad. The heart is on the other side in some people anatomically and the heart has specialised conduction cells which make it possible to survive. Absolutely incredible
Life is never a promise. Always live your life as tomorrow will not be here and always think safety first. ❤ so glad he is here to talk about it and in a great state of mind.
I was hit by lighting. I was lucky that it was just a partial strike through an old telephone cord. It came through the mouth piece and felt like I got punched in the chin. Thrown across a hallway. I had no bad burns, just a sore jaw and face. I was so lucky I didn’t get a full hit like Mico. So glad he survived.
I wonder why folks thought they would get electrocuted by touching him after he had been struck. Maybe that was just the first excuse to come to mind and sounded better than "nah dude, I'm not touching you. You're covered in blood."
I’m sure his physical condition before being in shape and strong probably had a lot to do with his survival. Glad he made it through this and came out the other end on top.
Between the bear videos and this guy that luckily survived, , how can you not give thanks to your / our creator for being here to tell your story. I know we live in a time that's so bad that some think God doesn't exist. But he does . Ask anyone who has a dying loved one . Who's the first person you ask for help from. Dan, I enjoy the pod casts. Chance favors the prepared mind.
I haven't been struck directly by lightning as this guy. But I have had 3 close encounters. First time was about 4 meters from me, second time was less than 1 meter from me and third time was about 6 meters from my location. 3rd time I was in a protected shelter. The worst strike was the 2nd time. I was in a tent alone with my car parked right along the tent, which was the main error. In the tent I was laying on two R5.0 rated sleeping pads stacked on top of each other mainly for comfort, but it also saved my backside from burns. The lightning struck my car, and it ran down the side towards the tent. It was raining heavily and I believe that the water created a barrier around the tent, which grounded the lightning in ground and not the tent. I remember the "explosion" sound, and the heat coming from the car and the ground. It was very intense. I didn't get a wink of sleep the rest of the night and early in the morning I packed my stuff into my car and headed home. Since that day I have had a lightning detector alarm on my phone and I always take my precautions when I venture out on hikes.
Just to get something straight here; the amount of power associated with a lightning strike is so immense, that even vibram rubber becomes conductive itself! There is NO WAY to isolate yourself from that voltage! Electricity runs along the path of least resistance, and because your right leg was closer to (or maybe even touching) the ground at the moment of the strike that's the path it went along. Furthermore, if none of your feet where touching the ground, the lightning wouldn't "get stuck" in your body, it would just exit closest to the ground and bridge the gap through the air (i mean, how do you think it travels from the clouds?). I don't believe you where struck directly though. That would not have been survivable! I'm so sorry you had to go through all this! Keep on fighting and thank you for sharing your story.
It’s weird he mentioned smells! When I was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan to this day I can remember what flesh smells like when it’s burning or the smell of curry etc! It instantly takes me back there!! Glad you’re ok bro! That would be a tough row to hoe
My dad says the same all the way back from Vietnam he says he will always remember the smell of burning flesh and that I don't want to ever smell it he says
Yes- For sure more people in Florida have been struck. In my childhood there were two that i knew of…. One was running on an outdoor track and another that was climbing a telephone pole…
There was a case in South Africa where people were at a motor racing circuit. It was hot & people were having a braai - barbecue. 2 guys were enjoying the sunshine, no shirts on, just shorts. They got struck but they were lucky. The charhe ran around their body, apparently because of the layer of perspiration on their skin.. My brotber was at a soccer match where 2 spectators got struck. There was an even more bizarre strike at a professional soccer match where pretty much the whole one team got struck. Locals who are pretty superstitious think it may have been witchcraft, a spell/curse by a witchdoctor.
I have a friend from my home town who survived being struck by lightening 3 times within a 10 year period. His vehicle was struck once also but his tires saved him from getting his 4th lightening strike. This occurred between 1973-1983 in Central Texas.
I expierenced lightning strike about 100 feet from me and that was frightening and made me deff and a bit blind for a moment, I can't imagine beeing hit by lightning and surviving. Crazy story.
Thanks, Dan for sharing Minko's horrifying ordeal and story of his amazing survival. He must have had his guardian angel working overtime to keep him from succumbing to the extensive injuries as a result of the lightning strike. The Colorado Rockies are known for their amazing lightning displays, one of the reasons Nikola Tesla built his laboratory in Colorado Springs. I hope this is a wake up call to hikers who go above tree line and are the tallest thing which the lightning seeks to strike.
My husband and his brother were struck by lightning standing in front of their house as teenagers. To this day, with regard to batteries worn against my husband’s skin (ie watch, heart rate monitor, etc) have a life of like 4 months. My brother in law got the worst of the strike and suffered a closed head injury that arrested his emotional development at 17. He was brilliant - invented lots of things and has patents on several - but had so many other issues and pain during his life. Neither had any memory of the strike or days afterwards.
What I have learned is lightning can strike anyone; young man in Eastern Idaho told his story to the news (his co-workers had to do CPR and AED multiple times; happened i think end of May 2024), on the Weather Channel there is a mom with 5 boys and a baby girl and the lightning came through her ceiling she was in the kitchen, and on Say Yes To The Dress a bride's dad was at his computer and it came through the wire to his computer mouse in his office; he is dying as the lightning couldn't ground so he is constantly electrified and the doctors can't help him so he can't remember things only for a half hour or so and it will end his life in a short time as it is still damaging his body - at the time of the video). The Eastern Idaho young man said getting struck a second time was exponentially higher chance of NOT getting struck - he's not back to work yet that I know. Best to just live life and be ready to see God just in case. Praying for you.
Sounds like this guy doesn't know that the weather where he is could be completely blue skies not a cloud near, and he could still get struck by lightning from miles away.
This fellow is very lucky to have survived. Many years ago, a friend of mine's son and his friend were in a small aluminum boat when a rain & electrical storm suddenly kicked up. They were only in water about 2-ft deep and not far from the shore and began paddling back in. Before they reached shore a lightening bolt hit his friend in the top of his head, killing him instantly. Other's got out to their boat and got them to shore. My friend's son was knocked unconscious and was in a coma for 18 hours before coming out of it. He went on to fully recover, but then had to realize his friend had been tragically killed.
What is shocking to me, when watching the video, is people just walking right around Miko, and continuing on the trail, without trying to help. That is just unbelievable! What is wrong with people?
What is wrong with people here making such a comment when the rangers and first aid is already standing right there to take over and help!! Gosh people: they would only be in the way of the first aid people which are RIGHT THERE! Maybe they even told them to pass! That is really really unfair if we don’t know these details except we don’t even need the details as rangers and first aid is already there. Ive been in first aid situation and passengers standing by wanting to help or just watching are usually ask to STEP AWAY OR PASS so they aren’t in the way of the medics.
Did that woman with the braids and green bag and the person filming just walk around him and continue their hike? I really hope I misinterpreted that, because if that is what happened here, they are really awful people.
What is wrong with people here making such a comment when the rangers and first aid is already standing right there to take over and help!! Gosh people: they would only be in the way of the first aid people which are RIGHT THERE! Maybe they even told them to pass! That is really really unfair if we don’t know these details except we don’t even need the details as rangers and first aid is already there. Ive been in first aid situation and passengers standing by wanting to help or just watching are usually ask to STEP AWAY OR PASS so they aren’t in the way of the medics.
You are more likely to get struck by lightening than get shot. Saw the ratio-stat yesterday. Now if you are in the inner city I’m sure the odds reverse
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As a retired Respiratory Therapist, I worked burn trauma for 12 years. Treatment is so much more complicated when there is other medical physical trauma on top of the burn. He is correct in that the smell of a burn is something one never gets over. What an amazing man to be so positive. Bless you.
How is he even alive?
@Axelsman - First, my Grandfather's name was Axel. Second, when I was in High School, I was looking out the window in French class and literally watched a man on an Electric poll get fried to death. I was in a building and could SMELL the burnt flesh. I'll never forget that as long as I live.
I am so sorry that happened! That must have been so painful and terrifying.
If a Ranger ever tells me, “maybe you should reconsider,” I would definitely reconsider, but then again, I have a family member who was struck by lightning and did not survive.
I am so sorry you lost a loved one.
What an amazing recovery this man has made; shows just how much determination and a positive attitude pays off.
What a sweet man. My aunt and uncle were hiking together on the Appalachian Trail when they were struck by lightning. Ironically, blew the boots off their feet and threw them on opposite sides of the trail. They were both doctors and sort of self examined themselves (Drs. Doug and Ann Poindexter) and determined themselves to have been unconscious for a time, but otherwise OK.
I`ve been knocked unconscious by lightning twice. I was also shocked indoors when it hit a TV antenna connected to an FM radio and it came off the radio and hit my arm.
@@baneverything5580😂
@@baneverything5580I read that comment when the guy said "Maybe if you don't get outside and just watch TV" I guess he meant you wonn't get stuck by lightning but you just did. XD
@@Marquise1 Yes, those old tall TV antennas would draw lightning inside. I`m hoping the big steel framed metal roof over my camper trailer keeps lightning outside. It has been hit several times already and it`s very loud and scary. I thought I would be safe from getting struck because I`m in a very low area between tall hills that have big trees on top but lightning has killed four trees 120 feet from my camper so far in the past year and it hits my roof all the time without warning. It will be raining with no thunder at all but the first bolt always hits my yard or my roof. It really worries me.
Wow. Glad everything worked out.
I've trained with the Colorado Mountain Club, and one of the top safety lessons is to NOT hike above treeline during the afternoon thunderstorms during the summer monsoon. Lightening danger is no joke, and people are killed each season. People who hike 14ners regularly start at 4am so that they can summit before noon and get the hell off that mountain before the afternoon storms come in. People just don't attend mountain schools anymore to get skilled up.
He was below the tree line when he was struck
@@joanhall3718 He was close to treeline where the trees are shorter and less dense, and he was on an exposed section of the trail. The point is to not do these type of activities during the afternoon. Most experienced people stick to the mornings.
Good advice ❤🇨🇦
@@flutingaroundmost experienced people stop hiking after they experienced it
@@qpwo8 Haahahaah yeah fuk hiking!!!!
Wow, what a story. It makes me realize how lucky I was when I was indirectly hit by lighting while working on a barb wire fence in Oklahoma nearly 50 years ago. I was not injured but now I have a much better understanding of just how lucky I was. Thanks for sharing this experience.
Imagine getting struck by lightning and then thinking you found help hearing another person and then realizing the person is so $ttupid that they still think you're still electrified and they're not going to help you out of fear for themselves
And records themselves walking past you.
Lets make it clear it's a total myth! You CAN touch someone who has just been struck by lightening. They're burned, not electrified.
I heard tought it happened second person touching electrocuted person being electrocuted too in a work related accident.
@@Marquise1that’s if there is a live current above or near them I.e a power line (and pretty standard in work related electrocutions). This wouldn’t be the case for a lightning strike
@@Evebear I now won't be just another a-hole fearing to give assistance. Heard horor stories where construction boots soles melted and steel components just killed the owner by conducting raw current by the metal of the boots. Yikes yikes yikes
Great video. I was struck by lightning in 2010. Different situation but have similar initial reaction & mine went in left side exited my foot.
I worked at Rocky Mountain National Park for a couple years and could count on one hand the number of summer days when there wasn't a lightning storm and rain.
YOU ARE A GREAT MEDICAL CASE !!!.❤❤AND YOU HAVE A SWEET SPIRIT TO SHARE YOUR STORY!!!❤❤❤❤
Why are you shouting? Don't write in capital letters.
@@arakizdkit’s excitement 😂😂😂😂
Omg, it is way more likely you’d get shot than struck by lightning. Crazy! He’s damn lucky to be alive. Unreal.
Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado. They were my playground (my dad was a big game outfitter/guide.). From the very moment we could understand we were taught how to respect nature with all of beauty and dangers. Thunderstorms roll in every afternoon. You expect them and respect them for their beauty and danger - just like every other part of the high country. Later, I became a flight nurse in the area - flew in and out those mountains daily. As beautiful as it is, it’s not the place for inexperienced hikers/hunters/climbers,…….etc. you’re so blessed to be alive.
I was raised in Colorado Springs. It's true, rain storms every afternoon in July. Then the sun comes out and it's all nice again.
And how exactly do you get experience without climbing
Another story of survival on a hike that was that of Eduardo Garcia. I admire his work as a chef, and his will to live.
This man is certainly fortunate to tell his story. Thank you for sharing this. 🥾🥾⛺️
That's a hell of a story. I hope he's doing a lot better now. Stay safe out there!
Minko is so fortunate to have survived this strike. My little sister was struck by rogue bolt of lightning while we were vacationing at Bethany Beach in Delaware on August 14, 1974, 50 years ago this week. The lightning burnt a hole in her captain's hat, and blew her sneakers off her feet, and turned the sand to glass beneath her. My brother was knocked over and the lifeguard's metal whistle burned his chest even though the lifeguard was sitting up in his lifeguard chair and was several feet away. The doctor said she was quite dead. If you've ever read the young adult novel, "Bridge to Terabithia," by Katherine Paterson, then you may know my sister as her life and friendship with the author's son inspired the story.
Oh my gosh 🥺❤️🩹 so sorry for your loss
What was the weather like that day?
Sorry for your loss !
So glad you're still alive. So many people get killed by lightning here in South Africa. I'm terrified of lightning storms, even when I'm inside during a storm. Where I've moved to they say it's like lightning alley. Had I known that I may not have moved here.
The landlord had lightning come through a window, down the passage & out the door, just missed striking someone in the house.
❤❤ Ohhh my goodness, you have gone through so much & you are alive after soooh much pain & danger. I am very sorry.💝
I am very sorry that you have endured so much suffering❤
New South Wales, Australia
Loving the shift in content, thanks for sharing another amazing survival story!
How could that woman just walk by him without even helping omg how callous
Some folks, when faced with an accident or emergency, have no tools to cope with said incident. Instead they shut down, ignore and pass by, and that is how they cope. Saw it a lot as a police officer.
From what it looked like in the video, emergency responders were already there and there was nothing that they could have done but sit and watch and be in the way. It made no sense for them to stay.
There are people who pass out almost immediately at the sight of blood or trauma. If this was the case of the woman who passed by she was being helpful in not becoming a second casualty of this dreadful incident. 🤔
@@sharonread7674that’s me, some of the time. I’ve stepped in by adrenaline (or something) when I’m the only person available, but as soon as someone else comes along to help, I’m out. Literally, unfortunately. My hubby is a medical professional and we are nigh and day different. He heads into trauma to help, and I become the trauma just by looking at it. 😢
I thought he said those women stuck around so that he wouldn't be alone...Maybe that was a different moment?
I am shaking my head at the hikers with the go pro ---videoed while they walked on by.
When I was five, inside my grandparents house, lightning struck a utility pole about a 10th of a mile away, out in the country. The strike started two fires in the house, and I was reaching to turn on a light when the lightning struck. An arc of electricity came out of the lamp switch and into one of the knuckles of my hand, and Blew out all the skin on the back of my hand. This was nowhere near the severity of Minko’s injuries somebody at the next Farm down the road was talking on the telephone to a person in town 22 miles away and that person had their ear burned by the same bolt of lightning that struck me.yes I have PTSD and I do not like to be outside during electrical storms.
What an amazing video/story! What fortitude and grit! SO thankful for his survival, and how well he's managed to recover! I LOVE his attitude of wanting to make his life even BETTER, to appreciate survival!
Lightning strikes on golf courses have been shown in videos of course, and in my own small semi-rural community, ONE farmer was struck by lightning while on a "tractor" or other farm equipment in the middle of a field, (survived) and a youth carrying a bag of metal bats while running for cover when a sudden storm hit during a ballgame, and suffered cardiac arrest, CPR administered etc.. Another time a car in a parking lot (again, my small community) was hit, and the people inside survived but had hearing issues for awhile from the noise and a chunk of asphalt was blown out of the parking lot from underneath a tire. We're not in what's usually considered a high risk area for such things, but nature sometimes has it's own plans!
WOW and his heart had no problems! Amazing!!! Those are seriouls burns! WOW! A miracle still being here!
I wonder if that couple at 37:00 with the GoPro feel guilty for just stepping over him and walking by. Jeesh!!!
The dude is surrounded by first responders and rangers, why would they feel guilty?
@@-wm--they barely acknowledged him and their backpack was practically over his head. I’m certain they could have given him a little more personal space. I’m sure it wouldn’t bother you at all…
IAM SO GLAD YOU SURVIVED!!!!❤❤❤❤PRAYING FOR YOU. BE MORE CAREFUL OK. !!!❤❤❤
Wow, I hike in Yosemite and specifically Half Dome when the cables go down (because of lottery system). I am going to be super cautious hiking Half Dome because when the cables are down is also when there is increased probability of lightning strike. Also thank you Dan for bringing this topic into the consciousness of the backpacking community.
I'm so so sorry this happened to you😢 traumatizing to the max. Blessings young man, use your life well 🙏 🙌 🦋
I used to work at a city airport and we had a special system to detect impending lightning strikes because it is common over airports because the overhead planes cause a build up of electricity, so strikes happen on a clear blue day. If the system detects a strike, the whole tarmac is evacuated. Our tarmac camera was unusable due to constant strikes.
this guy is a humble warrior
Prayers to you Minko God saved you our Friend Climber You Learned from Great Life Esperance and Lived.Nampa, Idaho.🙏🙏👏
*WOW* I'm so sorry to hear that this happened to you. I'm glad to hear you are doing well. Take care and thank you for sharing. 😍
Dan, what’s with all the recent videos that try to scare the bejesus out of everyone? Are you trying to scare people away from hiking so you get nature all to yourself? 🤣😎😮
Bears? Lightning? What’s next? 😮
🤔 since Kyle covers hikers who've died, maybe Dan wants to cover hikers who lived?
Hey, I get it, I wanted to go to the rockys or Grand Canyon during Memorial Day. Only to see estimated number of visitors in the tens of thousands. I'd scare them too.
There are a lot of things the industry doesn’t want casual campers to know and they’re right about that - going out once or twice a year probably will never encounter a severe T-storm with no cover in sight, or a bear let alone an angry bear that’s going to charge (always carry bear spray) - for the rest of us ‘prosumer’ and above level campers, the reality of the 1-in-1,000 chance things happening is much greater and glad Dan is bringing more of these to our attention using the interview format where we can learn from others experiences - my takeaway from this video is that a lot is misunderstood about the chance of being hit by lightning depending on where you are, it’s 1-1,000,000 but that’s counting everyone in the general population including everyone who is safe inside their homes or cars and who have near 0% chance to be hit, if you’re outside even a few feet from relative safety your chance of being struck is greatly higher (think about it) - the other takeaway is that being hit by lightning doesn’t mean sudden painless ‘goodnight’, in many cases it means endless excruciating pain, surgeries, and long lasting health impacts and, new to me, possibly even loss of limb. Does this mean to never go outdoors, of course no, but this does mean plan ahead what to do if a sudden storm comes in overhead, also learn from others like the boating and golf industry, which has a long string of difficult related lightning stories, and to invest in good lightning detection (Accurite, etc.) and follow best practices, the NWS has published guidelines for where to move to and what to do (crouch low on tip-toes, get below tree line away from the tallest trees and not too near any tree, etc.) when a storm goes overhead. Someone, a scientist who goes out on extended research trips, is also working on some gear, a lightweight faraday-cage style tent, that would create a lightning safe shelter that could be popped-up in case of emergency, but it feels like the R&D and production for that is still a ways off!
👵Don't worry. . . They r transplanting grizzlys where they aren't normally seem. There will b more bear attacks unless Jesus intervenes sooner rather than later. What 2 expect is survival stories from the fire ball that hits the Parthenon in Nashville that was predicted over 100 years ago by a messager of God. . . wait for it. . . 😊🤗🙏
What a brave man. Just wow. Quite a survival story.
My nephew lives in the midwest and he's been struck by lightning. His wasn't a direct hit, he had his hand on a vehicle and it struck the vehicle and went through him. Knocked all 250 pounds of him flying and he landed on his keester hard. He had a minor burn inside his hand and was pretty shook but no lasting damage.
Wow! What an experience.
Dan, I think you have really struck gold with these last couple videos. I do wilderness medicine for CME, you should look up Lanny Johnson PA-C. He speaks at our conferences. He is an avalanche and alpine rescue expert. Dozens of fascinating stories.
I've hiked RMNP many times and totally know what it's like to see the daily 11 am lightning storm and be very very afraid. Thank God he was not hurt more! I have seen people on that one-wheel stretcher in another location; that's a good solution!
❤😂🎉🎉🎉 WOW, that was truly terrifying!! Mico is an amazing and blessed individual. Thanks for sharing this story!!😊
Aiii, shame you didn't take soaked rangers as a sign to retreat, but happy for you that you made out of there in 1 piece 🙏
this guy got out lucky compared to the fishtory guy here on youtube. it blew all his teeth out and he has been mentally slow sometimes and bouts of not being fully there. but when he is there he has some really great information on how to raise fish in a planted tank in a natural way. great channel.
When I first moved to CO in the 90's some 50 elk were killed by a lightning strike on Mt. Evans.
I know someone who got struck twice in Iowa. He has passed away now. Not from the lightening. We called him Electric Earl after that.
And i thought i was going through hard times. Remember, "this to shall pass". Every day is a gift from God.
Honestly, stuff like this is why i prefer to keep a fullish first aid kit on me, never know what emergencies might happen. Not sure any kit can handle a lightning strike wounds, but a decent first aid kit would have some surface disinfectants you can use and maybe some analgesic you can use that might help with some pain
Being struck by lightening is very common on Colorado. You don't have to be in a storm for it to happen. Kinda frustrating with the lack of real information on how to stay safe and how dangerous it can be in Colorado.
Love these interview style vids!
God Bless you are one lucky guy
Thanks you so much for sharing this story! Hope you as well will recover completely soon!
To survive a lightning strike you have to be at a specific part of your heartbeat cycle. All survivors are very fortunate
About 90% of people struck survive. It's best to not have the lightning run through your right side because it can stop your heart.
@@Invalidationcoded I know someone who survived a stroke but their life has been massively impacted due to the psychological trauma outside of the pain. Very sad. The heart is on the other side in some people anatomically and the heart has specialised conduction cells which make it possible to survive. Absolutely incredible
Dan what hiking pants do you recommend that your pack doesn’t push them down in the back. It seems to be an endless quest for me to find a pair
Life is never a promise. Always live your life as tomorrow will not be here and always think safety first. ❤ so glad he is here to talk about it and in a great state of mind.
Thank you for sharing your message with us.
I was hit by lighting. I was lucky that it was just a partial strike through an old telephone cord. It came through the mouth piece and felt like I got punched in the chin. Thrown across a hallway. I had no bad burns, just a sore jaw and face. I was so lucky I didn’t get a full hit like Mico. So glad he survived.
😂 sorry to laugh but its funny how you described it. im glad youre ok.
I like the murder mystery for hikers vibes 😂
This guys story is... ...........
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......Shocking
I wonder why folks thought they would get electrocuted by touching him after he had been struck. Maybe that was just the first excuse to come to mind and sounded better than "nah dude, I'm not touching you. You're covered in blood."
I’m sure his physical condition before being in shape and strong probably had a lot to do with his survival. Glad he made it through this and came out the other end on top.
I wonder if pulling the jacket out of the pack caused a static charge that caused the connection to the atmosphere?
I’m glad he’s ok.
Between the bear videos and this guy that luckily survived, , how can you not give thanks to your / our creator for being here to tell your story. I know we live in a time that's so bad that some think God doesn't exist. But he does . Ask anyone who has a dying loved one . Who's the first person you ask for help from. Dan, I enjoy the pod casts. Chance favors the prepared mind.
That lady in the green jacket or backpack just walked by like it was another day?! WTH!
Yeah people are horrible aren't they the first person thought they were going to be electrified LOL Jesus
That was my first thought too. How can you just walk away and not even ask if you can help 😮😮😮😮
just passed by. better than standing, filming and holding up the actual helpers. passing by and moving along should be fine
@@monikarohr4994he was literally surrounded by first responders already. If they had stayed they would just be in the Way.
Thank our Heavenly Father for watching over you. Truly a miracle. Blessings
I haven't been struck directly by lightning as this guy. But I have had 3 close encounters. First time was about 4 meters from me, second time was less than 1 meter from me and third time was about 6 meters from my location. 3rd time I was in a protected shelter. The worst strike was the 2nd time. I was in a tent alone with my car parked right along the tent, which was the main error. In the tent I was laying on two R5.0 rated sleeping pads stacked on top of each other mainly for comfort, but it also saved my backside from burns. The lightning struck my car, and it ran down the side towards the tent. It was raining heavily and I believe that the water created a barrier around the tent, which grounded the lightning in ground and not the tent. I remember the "explosion" sound, and the heat coming from the car and the ground. It was very intense. I didn't get a wink of sleep the rest of the night and early in the morning I packed my stuff into my car and headed home. Since that day I have had a lightning detector alarm on my phone and I always take my precautions when I venture out on hikes.
Love your interview content, keep up the good work.
Much appreciated!
Just to get something straight here; the amount of power associated with a lightning strike is so immense, that even vibram rubber becomes conductive itself! There is NO WAY to isolate yourself from that voltage! Electricity runs along the path of least resistance, and because your right leg was closer to (or maybe even touching) the ground at the moment of the strike that's the path it went along. Furthermore, if none of your feet where touching the ground, the lightning wouldn't "get stuck" in your body, it would just exit closest to the ground and bridge the gap through the air (i mean, how do you think it travels from the clouds?). I don't believe you where struck directly though. That would not have been survivable!
I'm so sorry you had to go through all this! Keep on fighting and thank you for sharing your story.
90% of lightning strike victims survive, believe it or not.
I like the story ❤❤❤
Love survival stories! There’s a great podcast called Out Alive - It was enthralling and wonderful and could give you some inspiration!
And to think I was bawahwa over not being able to backpack for a year because of sciatica.
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It’s weird he mentioned smells! When I was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan to this day I can remember what flesh smells like when it’s burning or the smell of curry etc! It instantly takes me back there!! Glad you’re ok bro! That would be a tough row to hoe
My dad says the same all the way back from Vietnam he says he will always remember the smell of burning flesh and that I don't want to ever smell it he says
Yes- For sure more people in Florida have been struck. In my childhood there were two that i knew of…. One was running on an outdoor track and another that was climbing a telephone pole…
There was a case in South Africa where people were at a motor racing circuit. It was hot & people were having a braai - barbecue. 2 guys were enjoying the sunshine, no shirts on, just shorts. They got struck but they were lucky. The charhe ran around their body, apparently because of the layer of perspiration on their skin..
My brotber was at a soccer match where 2 spectators got struck.
There was an even more bizarre strike at a professional soccer match where pretty much the whole one team got struck. Locals who are pretty superstitious think it may have been witchcraft, a spell/curse by a witchdoctor.
I LOVE THIS CONTENT
Yes, burning flesh is not easy to forget. It’s a smell like death that never leaves you.
well f....... ive never considered the possibility of getting struck by lightning
I have a friend from my home town who survived being struck by lightening 3 times within a 10 year period. His vehicle was struck once also but his tires saved him from getting his 4th lightening strike. This occurred between 1973-1983 in Central Texas.
Wow! That’s nuts!!
That is nuts 😳 yikes😬
God was definitely with him.
I expierenced lightning strike about 100 feet from me and that was frightening and made me deff and a bit blind for a moment, I can't imagine beeing hit by lightning and surviving. Crazy story.
Anschutz UF Hospital was a great hospital to be.
MAYBE INVENT A TARP THAT PROTECTS FROM LIGHTENING
He kept saying right side, but he points to his left! Interesting!
I noticed that, too. But then I realized that the video of him is reversed. The words on the diploma(?) on the wall behind him are written backward. 🙂
I would think that his physical condition, with his regular hiking, helped his body survive. I wouldnt have made it off the path. Ha
Thanks, Dan for sharing Minko's horrifying ordeal and story of his amazing survival. He must have had his guardian angel working overtime to keep him from succumbing to the extensive injuries as a result of the lightning strike. The Colorado Rockies are known for their amazing lightning displays, one of the reasons Nikola Tesla built his laboratory in Colorado Springs. I hope this is a wake up call to hikers who go above tree line and are the tallest thing which the lightning seeks to strike.
My husband and his brother were struck by lightning standing in front of their house as teenagers. To this day, with regard to batteries worn against my husband’s skin (ie watch, heart rate monitor, etc) have a life of like 4 months. My brother in law got the worst of the strike and suffered a closed head injury that arrested his emotional development at 17. He was brilliant - invented lots of things and has patents on several - but had so many other issues and pain during his life. Neither had any memory of the strike or days afterwards.
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Great Scott!
What I have learned is lightning can strike anyone; young man in Eastern Idaho told his story to the news (his co-workers had to do CPR and AED multiple times; happened i think end of May 2024), on the Weather Channel there is a mom with 5 boys and a baby girl and the lightning came through her ceiling she was in the kitchen, and on Say Yes To The Dress a bride's dad was at his computer and it came through the wire to his computer mouse in his office; he is dying as the lightning couldn't ground so he is constantly electrified and the doctors can't help him so he can't remember things only for a half hour or so and it will end his life in a short time as it is still damaging his body - at the time of the video). The Eastern Idaho young man said getting struck a second time was exponentially higher chance of NOT getting struck - he's not back to work yet that I know. Best to just live life and be ready to see God just in case. Praying for you.
If you need the names of the stories I can get them for you and all 3 are on TH-cam.
Jacob Behling is the East Idaho young man. "I feel like a train hit me" is the video.
Sorry about the date - it was June 26th, 2024.
The Weather Channel was Storm Stories: Mother Struck By Lightning Inside Her Home. Fort Meyers Texas
4 years ago
Sounds like this guy doesn't know that the weather where he is could be completely blue skies not a cloud near, and he could still get struck by lightning from miles away.
This fellow is very lucky to have survived. Many years ago, a friend of mine's son and his friend were in a small aluminum boat when a rain & electrical storm suddenly kicked up. They were only in water about 2-ft deep and not far from the shore and began paddling back in. Before they reached shore a lightening bolt hit his friend in the top of his head, killing him instantly. Other's got out to their boat and got them to shore. My friend's son was knocked unconscious and was in a coma for 18 hours before coming out of it. He went on to fully recover, but then had to realize his friend had been tragically killed.
Wow.
What is shocking to me, when watching the video, is people just walking right around Miko, and continuing on the trail, without trying to help. That is just unbelievable! What is wrong with people?
Most of the population often are just useless eaters!!!😮
What is wrong with people here making such a comment when the rangers and first aid is already standing right there to take over and help!! Gosh people: they would only be in the way of the first aid people which are RIGHT THERE! Maybe they even told them to pass! That is really really unfair if we don’t know these details except we don’t even need the details as rangers and first aid is already there. Ive been in first aid situation and passengers standing by wanting to help or just watching are usually ask to STEP AWAY OR PASS so they aren’t in the way of the medics.
Did that woman with the braids and green bag and the person filming just walk around him and continue their hike? I really hope I misinterpreted that, because if that is what happened here, they are really awful people.
There’s already other people there are rendering first aid Well yeah, probably what els would you expect them to do😂😂😂 lmfaoooo goofy ahahahahahahah
What is wrong with people here making such a comment when the rangers and first aid is already standing right there to take over and help!! Gosh people: they would only be in the way of the first aid people which are RIGHT THERE! Maybe they even told them to pass! That is really really unfair if we don’t know these details except we don’t even need the details as rangers and first aid is already there. Ive been in first aid situation and passengers standing by wanting to help or just watching are usually ask to STEP AWAY OR PASS so they aren’t in the way of the medics.
WHY WERE YOU ALONE!!!??? DID YOU NOT HAVE A SATELITE PHONE!!!!
You are absolutely amazing!
You were probably hit by a positive strike. That it did not branch and tend to be stronger strikes.
so, he get warned by rangers but decided to go on?
Wauw they always say the lightning strucks the highest point ... i dont believe that no more 😅 the man was surrounded by 1000nts of trees 😮😅🥴🤷🏼♀️😂
It's not a bear, it running into a woman! Haha
What type of medical problems does he have now?
He is lucky to be alive to tell us what happened that day.
rubs me the wrong way
You are more likely to get struck by lightening than get shot. Saw the ratio-stat yesterday. Now if you are in the inner city I’m sure the odds reverse